Young Readers’ Choice Book Awards Society of British Columbia
Mandate Board of Directors History Reports
YRCABC: Leadership
Directors President Marilyn MacPherson Marilyn is a librarian with a passion for developing children’s literacy and promoting Canadian Kidlit. As a school trustee in Jasper, Alberta, Marilyn founded a writer-in residence program which introduced kids and the community to local authors like Jan Truss, W. O. Mitchell, and Rudy Wiebe. In her free time, …
Upcoming YRCABC AGM!
Want to be part of the society that organizes the Red Cedar Book Awards? Find out more about helping kids in BC develop important literacy skills? Learn more about books for kids? Join the YRCABC at its upcoming AGM and discover how you can contribute to the YRCABC and support the Red Cedar Book Awards, …
Fiction: Ghostlight
Annotation: Toronto’s historic Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is the scene of this chilling and fast moving ghost story. Gabe has his first summer job spinning tale of Rebecca Strand’s tragic death for tourists, who eat it up! But of course, it’s all a show. That is, until Rebecca awakens and reveals her murderer, the evil spirit …
Fiction: Rabbit Chase
Annotation: In Rabbit Chase, gamer Aimée stumbles into a Spirit World where elements of Wonderland and Indigenous culture create a strange and compelling setting. Aimée is familiar with feeling like they are out of place. Not only are they Anishinaabe but they are also twospirit, not identifying with either male or female gender, which has …
Fiction: Weird Rules to Follow
Annotation: Mia and Laura have been BBFs since Kindergarten. Growing up on the same block, who wouldn’t be? But now, they are 10. Nearly teenagers. And everything seems to be changing ever so slowly. When they were little the fact that Mia is Indigenous and Laura is White Mexican Hungarian didn’t really matter. But the …
Fiction: Forever Birchwood
Annotation: Saturdays are Birchwood days for Wolf and her three BFF’s, Penny, Anne and Brandi. The four girls love spending the day in the wild-but-cozy forest hideaway. And it is no wonder, because Wolf is descendent from a Tree Talker (no matter how much her mother tries to deny their Indigenous heritage). So when her …
Fiction: Eight Days
Annotation: Sami has lived with her Grandfather, Carl since she was 4. All this time, she thought her mother was dead. But it turns out she was wrong, and now her, Carl and their neighbour Aggie have to head off on an eight-day road trip south to retrieve her mother’s remains. Through painful crisis and …
Fiction: Peanut Butter and Chaos
Annotation: It started as a simple experiment. Sam set out to prove that he was invisible to his father. What follows is anything but simple. When Sam is suddenly stuck by “a bolt from the blue” – lightning that looks like it came from the blue sky and out of nowhere – nothing is the …
Fiction: The U-Nique Lou Fox
Annotation: The U-Nique Lou Fox by Jodi Carmichael Louisa Elizabeth Fitzhenry-O’Shaughnessy is a girl with big dreams. She just knows that she is destined to become a famous Broadway playwright with the stage name of Lou Fox. In the meantime, however, Lou must successfully navigate her way through fifth grade. This isn’t easy when you …